From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. D. Ogletree and men of the 36th Mississippi Infantry at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting the Dr. G. E. Longmire be excused from service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from several citizens of Newton and Jasper Counties, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting the release of James M. Pearce, the only blacksmith in the area, from militia service.